Steve,

I’ll say there isn’t any room to add another strut or two to the back hatch. The fantasy solution would be an adjustable strut.

Alistair 

> On Jun 24, 2019, at 7:42 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all the great info.
> 
> I guess I should choose struts that work best for my most common use
> cases: zero bikes and one bike.  Best would be that the hatch stays up
> with one bike on it, and doesn't fly open too fast and isn't too hard to
> close with zero bikes on it.  (Leave it closed for the rare trips with
> two or three bikes.)
> 
> Anyway, it's often impractical to open the hatch with the bike rack
> folded out, because it requires a lot of overhead space.
> 
>> On 6/23/2019 10:28 AM, Dan N wrote:
>> it would be nice if someone design hatch struts that can be adjusted on the
>> fly...
> 
> I think I read something about how to install adjustable struts to the
> pop top by adding a second ball fitting.  I'll have to look for that and
> think about how it might be applied to the hatch.